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| 29th April 2009 Sken like a Ribble fluke | Re: Those women are gipsy beggars dumbass! - From: Nose Job You are a clearly a racist snob, Ashkan. |
| 27th April 2009 Ashkan | Those women are gipsy beggars dumbass! - From: Nose Job Those women are gipsy beggars dumbass! Why don't you take a picture of your cock sucker mother and write under it "Queen Elizabeth II"? |
| 21st March 2009 Sken like a Ribble fluke | Re: I'll call it like I see - From: Nose Job Anahita, if you want to be angry in defence if Iran, it is probably more instructive to direct your energy at heavily biased media reporting toward Iran and not a few paragraphs of a travel blog plus some photography which doesn't live up to your standards. Your post contains quite a lot of prejudice, which I find ironic. |
| 5th February 2009 Anahita | I'll call it like I see - From: Nose Job I offer my opinion as a 25 year old Iranian-Canadian (born in Iran, raised in Canada since age 5). I won't insult you or tell you to "suck my cock" like the others (A) because I don't have one & (B) because I have some degree of class. I will tell you though that I understand why people are upset with you, but I don't think it's fair for them to be so hard on a foreigner who's making an attempt to learn about a country & its culture and who just doesn't know any better. It might be useful for you next time to do some research before your travel so you experience the best a country has to offer. I too don't like or appreciate what you've done here & I'll tell you why. If these pictures are the highlights of your trip to Iran, then you've missed out BIG TIME. When I visited Iran, I saw so much beauty everywhere. Especially in Esfahan, Shiraz & a lot of the countryside. There is a negative tone to your posting for sure, and & this is a false portrayal of Iran for people who are seeing its pictures for the first time. You put a picture of a sign poorly written in English and this is rude & wrong. You should be lucky to even see anything in English when you go to another country. I don't see England putting Iranian signs up on their stores for us to criticize. Second, your picture of the "sio-se" bridge is a nightmare. That bridge is magnificent and your picture does a huge injustice to its architectural brilliance. Then you put a picture of women beggers out of all the beautiful pictures you could be taking of people. I mean there's children playing, teenagers shopping, couples reading a book on a park bench, etc etc etc. It's as if I went to the ghetto of England and took pictures of a bunch of homeless people, a grammatically incorrect store sign & a half-ass shot of an architectural delight, and summed up my trip as such. Also, why are you constantly criticizing the tea shops? Drinking tea & tea shops are an important part of Iranian culture. What, you think 600 Starbucks stores is a better idea??? Also, if you can't have a good time and enjoy your vacation & your life without bars and alcohol, then you have a problem. At least people talk, discuss & mingle at tea shops, whereas in bars people just get wasted, pick fights & look for random sexual encounters. You also have to understand that there are bans in Iran so people don't have much choice & freedom when it comes to hanging out and entertainment so they do what they can with what they have. Don't undervalue or belittle their social activities. Anyways, I'm not saying you're intentionally trying to depict a negative image of Iran, but you are - and this is coming from someone who's more Canadian than Iranian. And people, cut out the insults. How can you make your point get across with all that vulgarity? |
| 11th November 2008 meile | what!!! - From: I wanna be your dog what are you on about "Latvia has the most beautiful women" admit the truth-Its the Lithuanians sister;) |
| 27th December 2007 Sken like a Ribble fluke | - From: Nose Job Send me your email address when your tiny penis has been surgically enlarged and we can maybe sort something out. |
| 22nd December 2007 persian | fuck england - From: Nose Job u can suck my iranian cock,fuck england and its ugly people. go fix your ugly ass teeth you slimmu sob;) |
| 18th December 2007 Dave | So, how do ya survive Flores? - From: Guns, Germs and Steel How do ya survive Flores? Hows the prices down there? They dont have cabs, do they? |
| 21st April 2007 Linda | great photos - From: Guns, Germs and Steel I have now got to add another place to visit to my list. I love to travel but haven't been to many unusual places. I think you have. |
| 22nd January 2007 Bob | online strip poker - From: Yali's People Winning $2.5 Million didnt change Chris Moneymaker, but it changed his life. Will it change yours? Find out by playing in the worlds largest free poker tournament, the PokerStars Moneymaker Millionaire. The Moneymaker Millionaire is absolutely free to enter. Download our play free poker for fun now and you could be on your way to becoming our next Moneymaker Millionaire. Visit the strip poker adult gamespage for complete details |
| 17th October 2006 Honisetts | L-O - From: The Eternal City just started reading your blogs, back dated - your a funny Fucker! You remind me a bit of my younger brother - he is also fuelled and ready to go! happy safe travelling! |
| 16th October 2006 Ali | Will there be another update? - From: Game On I hope so - any plans to be on the road again? - I miss the whitty observations from random places! |
| 5th October 2006 damien | do.... - From: Slipping down the Gorge Man I have always hated when people say that. really gives me the shits. you do not do a country.........you go there. |
| 16th May 2006 E | Well done - From: Nose Job great pictures I wouldve loved to see pictures of people walking around with andages on their noses, would be quite the sight! So, iran has no bars, or clubs?Other than shisha clubs? Life must be tough there. |
| 16th February 2006 Sken like a Ribble fluke | Thief in chief - From: Yali's People Have you met Malorum from http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Latvia/Riga/blog-2192.html |
| 14th February 2006 Tanya | What??? - From: Yali's People George Bush is the best President that the United States has ever had............respect!!! At least he keeps his word. |
| 8th February 2006 Steve and Suz | - From: Guns, Germs and Steel Hi there, we were in Flores a few months back and visited Rinca island, Kelimutu and travelled all the way to Maumere to get a propeller place back to Bali. We agree that this was the only place we saw around SE-Asia that matched the scenery in Laos! The people were cool - whilst staying near Kelimutu we got invitied to a wedding reception which was great experience with the local Arak playing a big part. We will be heading back home from our travels soon and this brings back great memories! |
| 25th December 2005 Malorum | Not cool, man. - From: I wanna be your dog How dare you mock Stalin and Lenin! You fucking bastard! |
| 18th December 2005 jooj | hi - From: The sound of silence u wellcome always man jooj / jordan |
| 25th October 2005 queserasara | nice bug - From: Helter Skelter i dig your blog, friend sken like a ribble fluke. and i like that bug pic. i'm going to thailand in december even with the dreaded bird flu, and while there, i may be take the long jump to luang prabang. any suggestions? or should i consider a different part of laos? i ain't never been to Thailand...or SE Asia for that matter. wait, i take that back. i went to indonesia. keep traveling and writing. |
| 25th August 2005 latvian | - From: I wanna be your dog Hey! stumbled on your site, nice reviews of Riga, only very "on the surface". Jep, they say that Latvia has the most beautiful women- i am proud to be one of them! ;) |
| 24th August 2005 Erin | Thanks! - From: The sound of silence I am going to Jordan to work in Amman for 6 months and I really enjoyed your blog. It was imformative as well as entertaining. Looks like you have probably moved onto another country by now but I would love to hear more! |
| 3rd July 2005 Desert Rose | Where are u?????????? - From: Game On I've read all your journals and am so keen to read some more, especially on my home country!! Please get blogging again as there are many peeps who enjoy reading your tales. |
| 20th June 2005 maria | what is it like there - From: Lost in La Mancha What is Mellila really like? Would you live there? Would you consider living there for a year or two? Why? |
| 7th June 2005 anonymous | marvelous - From: Guns, Germs and Steel hi, thatīs really an awesome picture... I have been to Bali, Java and Lombok and remember the wonderful sun dawns and sun sets... I saw the most wonderful sun dawn of my life on mount Bromo, Java... have you been there? That is unforgettable. You can contact me if you want via: ch@henzlerworks.com - Claudia Henzler |
| 26th May 2005 deleted_3426 | Jynx - From: Easy tiger That's a great story! |
| 17th May 2005 Desert Rose | LMFAOOOOOOOOOO - From: Game On As an Aussie I am aware of our Customs Officers serious approach to travellers returning from countries abroad and cracked up at the rubber glove comment. Can't say they have ever gone that far with me, but don't ever try and bring wood products into Aussie from Vanuatu!! Good reply about it being September you were in the Opium smoking surrounds, love your style. Enjoying your journal very much and hope it all works out in Aussie for you, it's a great place. I'm stuck over in an island of the East Coast of Australia called New Zealand or Sheepsland at the moment. Hope that I can make my journal as interesting and humourous as yours. Take care. |
| 8th May 2005 2046 | WITTY BLOG, I LIKE IT - From: I wanna be your dog Has anyone stayed at the Old Town House Hostel in Riga? Is it any good? I'm booked in there for 3 nights in June. Cheers Scott |
| 22nd April 2005 anonymous | Chess or Buckaroo ? - From: Game On Ahh Father Ted. What better way to celebrate the end, or pause in, a great journey. I'm talking yours here, not the Popes. Thanks for your comments and sorry I'm a bit tardy in replying, but we've really enjoyed catching up with your tale and, with some trepidation, are literally about to step out the door to follow you - In search of Mister Bob. - Cumberland Sausage |
| 15th April 2005 tannismc | Great Story - From: Game On Amazing Adventures--I was on the edge of my seat wondering if you'd make it to Oz without a plane. Amazing that you got as far as you did, really. Love the photos too--what kind of camera do you have? |
| 15th April 2005 anonymous | I just HAVE to comment - From: Game On Having no idea how to address you, I'm going to go with Sken. Hi Sken! I am a complete stranger to you but for the past few days I have been sitting in the death-slump pose at work and would rather chew off my own head than do any of the multitude of mundane tasks that are awaiting my attention. Then I stumbled over your travel blogs. And they're brilliant. So even though this is probably not the right forum I just had to add my comment and thank you for entertaining me so wonderfully. Your stories are making me laugh out loud which does unfortunately attract my usually zombified workmates and leads me to do some dancing to hide the internet and make up some story about how funny it was that somebody had used a comma instead of a full stop in their PC coding. Yawn. Travel happy and stay safe and thanks for the laughs! Jess (Complete stranger) - Jess |
| 7th February 2005 Sken like a Ribble fluke | Beggars belief - From: Nose Job Voltaire said: "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it". I have not censored any comments on this site. I guess that I should add my tuppence to some of the Iran stuff, though.... In reply to Hamid: I only have your word that the women in the photo are beggars as they didn't ask for, nor did they receive any money from me. It happened that the photo was the best shot with Iranian women on it. To accuse me of any sort of prejudice or trying to imply that all Iranian women are beggars, low, or uneducated by showing this picture is simply bullshit. Read the text. I am also not misrepresenting all Iranian men as hat-makers in this blog. Applying your reasoning, if I had shown a picture of middle class Iranian women instead, that would also be a misrepresentation since not all Iranians are middle class, but I suspect you would not be so moved as to complain. In fact I can not win against your logic without showing a gallery of photos depicting the whole cross section of Iranian society. But so what if those women are beggars? Let me be frank: neither you nor I or anyone else are any better or worse than a beggar. Before you accuse someone of being prejudiced, re-read what you have written yourself, matey. In reply to comment #1: "women are happier there than men". When I first read this comment, I was reminded of a zookeeper asserting that some of the animals are happier in the zoo than in the wild. Whilst that *may* be true, it is not really the point, is it? By the way, the title "Nose Job" came from the fact that I saw so many young women (and a few men) in Tehran and elsewhere with big plasters on their face because they had just had nasal surgery. I didn't know what to make of it at the time. If I had taken a good picture of that it would have gone on the site. I wonder what the reaction would have been? |
| 5th February 2005 anonymous | "Iranian Women" or "Iranian Beggers"? - From: Nose Job Well, I just saw your journal and the photoes inside it. What I want to comment on, is about the photo titled "Iranian Woman". I have to say this photo with its title is sort of mean because those two women with that kind of clothing and the stuff they had, can no way represent Iranian women since they are actually beggers! Yes they are beggers, whose photoes you have taken. Are you trying to say that Iranian women are beggers? or maybe they dress like beggers?! It was absolutly ok if you had titled the photo "Iranian Beggers" or at least "Iranian Women beggers" since this would be showing part of the fact but the title "Iranian women" has got nothing to do with the photo. If you try to look at it objectivley, and of course not subjectvley which seemingly you already have done, you would definitly agree with me that an average Iranian women never dresses like that. After all I have to count on the fact that you have some time been to Iran. So to be perfectly honest I can not accept it that the title has been just a mistake; what you have done seems more like a prejudiced attempt to show Iranian women mean, low and uneducated, THIS IS what a beggers photo most probably show to any visitor of this site on behalf of the general term "Iranian women"! - Hamid |
| 29th January 2005 anonymous | - From: I wanna be your dog Latvia rulzs |
| 15th January 2005 anonymous | - From: Helter Skelter I really enjoy reading your travel blogs. Each entry is a little 5-minute escape for me from my mundane life. Keep up the good work. - Jerry |
| 23rd December 2004 anonymous | - From: The future's yellow. Nah it's the fucking kicking he's due - George Michael |
| 23rd December 2004 anonymous | - From: The future's yellow. Thats not his ego it's his fucking arse. - unbelievable |
| 2nd December 2004 Sken like a Ribble fluke | RE: Spelling - From: Mozart on the run It is now. It means the same as Airfare. |
| 1st December 2004 anonymous | spelling - From: Mozart on the run Fair: Just, even-handed, acceptable Fare: Price, fee, payment for passing Airfair is NOT A WORD. Airfare. Jeez. |
| 26th November 2004 anonymous | from Lithuania - From: I wanna be your dog Hey Ryan, you've shot really fun pictures in Grutas Park. Don't get too cold in Syberia :) best regards, Giedre (=your company in a bus from Grutas :)) |
| 19th November 2004 anonymous | - From: People who look like other people hey there POland is a great country,you gotta see ''Malbork'' which is and old city with the biggest and finest castle in Europe, plus ''Bydgoszcz'' and Cracow.. im gonna visit the place again in like 2 years or so so far IM enjoyin livin in B.C ciao y;all kasia |
| 30th October 2004 anonymous | Women - From: Nose Job In my visti to Iran in October 2004, I happen to speak with an informed Iranian Judge who changed his occupation to being a Lawyer for financial reason. I told him about the three reasons the "West" critisized Iran: Treatment of prisoners, women's rights, and the terrorizm (maily the Israel issue). His response to the issue of women was an eye opener to me. He said the women in Iran are actually more protected than in the west. He believe the marriage in Iran, for example, provides certain rights to women that are not known to others. He got into more details about the customes and process of marriage and proved to me that women are happier there than men. He also said something that made me think. He said in US the divorce system punished the husband unjustly in order to give certain right to the wife. While in Iran, the women are already protected during a divorce. Anyways, I believe what he said to some degree. Thanks for reading, Mahmoud- |
| 30th October 2004 anonymous | my 2 cents - From: Mozart on the run Nice to read your stuff. I just returned from Iran (back to the USA) after 3 weeks of visiting my mom and brother there. I found Iran very different than even last year. However, peoples opinion is the same as 100 years ago. You might want to visit the Water Museum in the city of Yazd. I bought a book and a VCD from them. The air fair is durt cheap there. Also, taxi fair is next to nothing. However, I try to sit in the back when riding in the Taxi, fearing the traffic there :( Thanks God, drivers have to use seat belts in the highways now. I noticed the girls there to be amazingly beautiful. Iran's population is very young and couldn't figure out the culture of the young population there. I found many Net.Cafes that are full of young. Oh well, I am back now and try to adjust to my old life now. Thanks, Mike- |
| 11th October 2004 Savage | Great stuff!! - From: Mozart on the run haha... fantastic! That is great that people are being so nice to you over there. Keep on writting, I love your entries!! |
| 26th September 2004 anonymous | From Simon - From: War is Peace No alcohol? So THAT'S why my booze cruise to Iran was a flop... |
| 20th September 2004 Savage | Nice - From: Yali's People nice to read that the people differentiate between the people of another country, and their government. I'd be nervous of those that don't discriminate in such a way though. Great pics though, love reading your travels. Stay safe! |
| 1st September 2004 Ali | Blue Hole - well I thought there was just one. - From: The Eternal City I dived the "Blue Hole" in Belize - didn't realise there was one in Egypt also. I guess it isn't a particularly imaginative name though ;) How would you rate the dive? Much flora/fauna? |
| 10th August 2004 That Twat Brighty | I just wanted to leave a message really. - From: Why don't we do it in the Rhode God mate, since you left it's been 90 in the shade - the sun's never stopped shining... OK I'm talking bollocks. |
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